Thread: Lifestyle Change: The way I eat!

Okay, so I recently have gone through a spout where I have been feeling a lot of fatigue. I've been feeling unmotivated and with no energy to get up and do simple things like clean the house, pay a few bills, get to work on time! I had a lot of time to think about why I may be feeling the need to lay down all the time. Some members on here replied to a recent thread of mine, telling me I was probably a little depressed over certain issues, maybe the winter season is bringing me down, I might be stressed etc...all of which may play a role.

So, I felt I needed to make some changes. I don't like being lazy, I don't like looking depressed. So first things first: I am going to change what I eat.

I work as a fast food restaurant manager for at least ten hours a day. When you are there for ten hours a day, doing nothing but making burgers and shakes, you go through several periods where hunger is growling at you, and it's so easy to fix it with so much food around you! I can throw a burger together in less than a minute, why wouldn't I eat a burger? And then, two hours later, as I'm reading the store email, I snack on some cheese fries, then, when my sweet tooth kicks in, I don't think twice about it and make myself an oreo shake.

I don't worry about my weight really. I'm 5'3" and 120 pounds. I've worked for fast food for five years straight, eating it almost everyday. Not to mention the fact that I grew up with my dad and his idea of a home cooked meal is pizza delivered to the house. I am worried about it catching up with me though. And I feel like I'm already experiencing it with the tiredness, and the lack of motivation. My body isn't getting the nutrition it needs to stay energized.

So, I'm doing something really scary and something that I think takes support from those around you to get it to work. I'm making one small lifestyle change: NO MORE FAST FOOD!!!

Quite hard considering it's all around me at work.

I went grocery shopping, and made healthy choices. (I allowed pudding for when I get my sweet tooth.) I am bringing my own lunch to work with me. I am eating smaller portions. I am constantly snacking on healthy foods throughout the day, and cutting out big meals that could make me tired. I am not skipping breakfast. I think about what foods I am putting into my body, reading the labels but not freaking if it contains one bad ingredient. I notice when I eat fruit, I'm adding to the fruit serving your supposed to get, I notice when I eat bread, what kind it is. (Whole grain! I notice when I eat ice cream, how good it tastes, lol I eat a light snack before I go to bed instead of a large meal. (I have to have something in my belly to help me fall asleep)


In two days, I have managed to only eat one small tater tot from work, and a couple of dishes of icecream. I don't punish myself because it's hard to quit anything cold turkey when you are SO USED TO IT!

Anyone else going through a lifestyle change??? What do you do to stay on track?